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6. Guest workers do not earn enough to pay income taxes. And, if they pay Social Security taxes, at their low wages they will get back more than they paid in. They also use many government services. So how is a guest worker program not a net loss for American taxpayers?
Even worse, they can get the Earned Income Tax credit which is negative income taxes, the IRS pays them to file. I have a friend who came over from an Asian country and the IRS notified her (the first year) that she should file for the EETC,